Full legalization still divides the country – largely by generations and gender (older folks and women are the most resistant). But support for the medical marijuana policy that the DEA is now targeting in Californa and elsewhere is massive:
[M]ore than three in four Americans think that doctors should be allowed to prescribe small amounts of marijuana for patients suffering from serious illnesses – the conditions for use that are set up in all of the states that have legalized medical marijuana programs. Support for this cuts across age, gender, region, and political affiliation.
And they do this despite believing that the strict criteria are routinely ignored. And so we have a basic and classically American position: legalize but prohibit it. Grant it medical but not sanction. Keep the fig leaf on, and let minorities pay the price.
The Dish 